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Salt Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Salt" has been searched for 16,844 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 64,396,384 miles!

This means that the average distance is 3,823 miles - that's 6% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1147 kg CO2 by plane, 1048 kg CO2 by car, or 214 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
China 5,175
United Kingdom 1,155
United States 913
Australia 697
India 694
Pakistan 624
France 480
Spain 470
Germany 462
Canada 459
Netherlands 334
Italy 309
South Africa 257
Ireland 195
Romania 195
Nepal 184
Portugal 133
New Zealand 132
Greece 123

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Wondering how far this really gets you, and what it means for your own choices? See what the current research says about food miles, or find out whether food miles still matter in 2026.

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